Investment Watch Blog

via  @pattidomm The Fed’s next rate hike and its commitment to keep hiking rates could cause the closely watched Treasury yield curve to invert— or flip—with shorter term rates rising above longer term rates. That so-called inversion is a sign of recession, and Natixis economist Joseph LaVorgna believes that the curve could invert after the Fed’s … Read more

by DCG Local sanctuary-loving progressives are not honoring ICE detainers and are releasing criminals back into their communities. Wait until you read the details regarding some of the crimes these illegal aliens committed and how the local county did not comply with ICE detainer requests. It will make your blood boil. This is why we need … Read more

by Martin Armstrong There are groups of Democratic Socialists that are stalking Trump’s staff and Republicans. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was refused service in the Red Hen Restaurantwhich is really no different than discriminating against someone because of their race. If it were over race, that action would be criminally prosecuted. Other angry protesters … Read more

via BBG Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari wrote in a post “there is little reason to raise rates much further, invert the yield curve, put the brakes on the economy and risk that it does, in fact, trigger a recession.” He added “this time is different. I consider those the four most dangerous words in … Read more

by Martin Armstrong Believe it or not, Chinese start-ups have for the first time collected more venture capital than newly established US companies in the past quarter. This is reported by the South China Morning Post . Almost half (47%) of the venture capital used worldwide was spent on start-ups from the Middle Kingdom. The American start-ups were only just over … Read more

by Thinker The free ride is over and the living high on the taxpayers of America is in the past for the Obama’s. While they were in the White House, the promises, had Obama fulfilled them might have prevented the present day lifestyle. It would seem there were some who didn’t think there was even … Read more

by Thinker If you didn’t listen to the BBC interview with Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations, in the thread above, then you don’t understand or know deep state USA. They control the dark web and the world of drugs, pedophilia, and human trafficking. Africa has been the continent that has been bled to death … Read more

by Thinker How much money did everyone take to sell out the American people to protect the thieves of the missing trillions from the Pentagon, the drugs flowing into the U.S., and the babies moving across borders? Last night Kevin Shipp laid out a damning indictment of the Clinton’s and their crime syndicate associates. Kevin … Read more

via The Phoenix  The single most important bond in the world is the 10-Year US Treasury bond. This bond represents the “risk free” rate of return for a total economic cycle (roughly 10 years) denominated in the global reserve currency (the $USD). Put simply, this is THE bond to watch if you want to keep an … Read more

via PAUL KASRIEL The current level of the federal funds rate is 1.92%. As of June 13, 2018, the median estimate of Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members of the appropriate federal funds rate by the end of 2018 was 2.40%. This implies that the Federal Reserve has “penciled in” two more 25 basis point increases … Read more

Don’t worry about the recent weakness in gold and silver because renowned financial cycle expert Charles Nenner thinks they both will rise in price soon, but not until after a bit more pain for holders of precious metals. Nenner says, “Gold is going to enter a new bull market. The first cycle will bottom after … Read more

by stockboardasset According to the CDC’s Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report, the number of overdose deaths involving fentanyl and fentanyl analogs doubled in the last several years. The third wave of the opioid epidemic is here, as new synthetics [fentanyl analogs] that are 10,000 times as potent as morphine and used to tranquilize elephants are attributing to … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa3q8mtVfJM Trump Train God Bless America Drain the swamp AC

This was OUTSTANDING!  

If you compare the graphs of the markets from 07-08, you can see the irrational exuberance that drove them higher and higher to their peaks. After each peak were modest declines, followed by a more horizontal level which have way to one last gasp…Then the first hit comes, !likely in another month or two. Shortly … Read more

Former CIA Director John Brennan and others are “threatening the killing of Donald Trump” when they accuse him of treason, so says our friend Harley Schlanger, “and I think this is a key moment in world history where Americans have to get behind their President and defend him from these people who are trying to … Read more